(1) For this purpose, Cretan elites borrowed from the Mycenaean world vessels such as the kylix , goblet, bowl, and krater in order to emphasize the moment of consumption.(2) Blegen and Rawson considered the miniature kylix to be local to the southwest Peloponnese.(3) Another from Tanagra in Boiotia shows a person raising a kylix or goblet while another individual raises both hands in an apparent gesture of mourning.(4) The larger community of participants presumably used clay kylikes of the sort stored in the palatial pantries.(5) They do not appear to have been kept there as part of equipment for a banquet, since room 7 was not used for the storage of ceramics: at least half of the kylikes were piled on the floor in no obvious order, all were burned, and many were broken.
